Chapter 339: Shocking the World

It's done!

What kind of invincible Luck is this!

After gaining the advanced theoretical knowledge of Dharma Treasure in his mind, Lin Bai understood the principles of the Banana Fan.

Then.

He was shocked to discover that in the process of upgrading the Banana Fan, every hammer blow he struck had been in the wrong place; being able to turn a Yin Yang Fan into a Banana Fan was simply a miracle.

That feeling was as if all the steps to solve a problem were wrong, yet the final answer obtained was correct...

Aside from bullshit Luck, there is no other reason that can explain it.

The three days Lin Bai spent on Weapon Refinement.

Qingyun's Spiritual Power value hit rock bottom again, and her face was full of exhaustion.

If it weren't for the fact that every time the Banana Fan leveled up, Lin Bai helped her fan away the Heavenly Fire, and the Bagua Furnace attracted the flames burning toward the Green Wood, the Green Wood would have been ignited long ago.

"Master, I can't hold on anymore." Seeing Lin Bai stop forging, Qingyun turned to him, gave him a strained smile, and said with difficulty.

Whoosh!

Lin Bai nodded at her, turned the Banana Fan in his hand, and fanned it toward the Heavenly Fire.

First fan.

The flames turned;

Second fan.

A violent wind rose suddenly;

Third fan.

The Heavenly Fire that had been rolled down from the clouds disappeared...

"Holy crap, does it have to be this exaggerated?"

"How come it feels like after Lin Bai went up to replace Qingyun, the Tribulation Transcendence has become even easier than before?"

"Are we sure this isn't a game?"

"If it's not a game, then Lin Bai is definitely the Child of Destiny; even the Heavens are helping him!"

"Helping him with what? If they were really helping him, why would they send down such a powerful Heavenly Tribulation? Wouldn't it have been enough to just casually send down a few lightning strikes to fool around?"

"The Heavens can't violate the rules they set themselves, can they? Besides, the Child of Destiny isn't necessarily going to have smooth sailing all the way; sometimes tempering is also a process of growth..."

"But I think Lin Bai is having smooth sailing all the way!"

On the live broadcast screen, the players were discussing it heatedly, and the voices that had previously been predicting Lin Bai's downfall suddenly disappeared.

However.

The senior management of the consortium no longer had their previous worries.

After all.

Even if Lin Bai survived the lightning tribulation and eventually ascended to the Immortal World, their plans surrounding Lin Wubai would almost not be affected at all.

On the side of the natives, however, everyone was terrified and bewildered.

"To be able to extinguish even Heavenly Fire, it's unbelievable. It's a good thing we lured Lin Bai into the lightning tribulation; otherwise, I'm afraid the Cultivation World would really have been wiped out by him alone." The Great Vehicle Realm expert of the Heavenly Dao Sect sighed.

"He is leaving, but there is still a Lin Wubai outside, which is also not easy to deal with." An Elder of the Beast Taming Sect who was riding a Flying Dragon replied.

"..." The Great Vehicle Realm expert of the Heavenly Dao Sect turned his head and glanced at him, too lazy to pay attention to this harbinger of bad luck.

"Fellow Daoists, tell me, if Lin Bai happens to ascend, will those old seniors who ascended to the Immortal World before also be unable to do anything about him?" The Great Vehicle Realm expert of the Weapon Refinement Sect stared fixedly at the Banana Fan in Lin Bai's hand. "To be able to refine a Divine Artifact that can extinguish Heavenly Fire while enduring the lightning tribulation—such talent is unmatched in the Weapon Refinement Sect."

"That is a matter for the ancestors in the Immortal World; it doesn't have much to do with us," said the Great Vehicle Realm expert of the Heavenly Dao Sect.

"We are in the Great Vehicle Realm; perhaps it won't be long before we have to ascend too," said the Elder of the Beast Taming Sect. "By then, we might have to face Lin Bai..."

One sentence.

Everyone glared at him in anger.

The Great Vehicle Realm expert of the Heavenly Dao Sect glared at him fiercely and said, "So what if he extinguished the Heavenly Fire? The Heavenly Tribulation shows no signs of weakening, and there are still more than twenty days until the end of the tribulation. Lin Bai will definitely not survive this disaster..."

The Heavenly Fire was extinguished.

Soon, it emerged from the clouds again.

Lin Bai fanned again, and the fire was extinguished once more.

This was repeated several times.

Lin Bai grew a bit impatient, turned his head to look at the exhausted Qingyun, and handed the fan to her: "I will handle the lightning tribulation; you extinguish the fire while recovering your Spiritual Power."

The first time one is collected into a card, no matter how severe the injuries are, one will be resurrected at full health and full status.

But after becoming a Puppet, once consumption occurs, if one is collected into a card and released again, one will not recover immediately; although it is faster than recovering autonomously outside,

at this moment, Lin Bai was sharing Qingyun's strength and absolutely did not dare to collect her back into the card, preferring to let her recover slowly...

Otherwise.

Everything would collapse instantly.

Furthermore.

When Qingyun recovered, the Spiritual Power she absorbed would also increase Lin Bai's strength. With Lin Bai's personality, which was meticulous to the bone, how could he possibly collect her into a card to recover Spiritual Power...

Qingyun did not understand the trick behind it, nodded, and while extinguishing the fire, she silently recovered her strength.

Lin Bai looked at the many Disciples who were dazed on the Green Wood and said, "Why are you all dazed? Hurry up and cultivate. Every bit of strength you gain is one more chance to survive. Your master is fighting for his life up here, what does it look like for you all to just stare blankly?"

The crowd gladly accepted the order.

Seeing that Lin Bai was finally no longer doing Weapon Refinement, Gu Yi, who had been maintaining the Alchemy Furnace, asked cautiously: "Alliance Leader, what kind of pill is being refined in this furnace?"

"Ghost knows. Anyway, they are all good things. If you are willing, you can call it a Tribulation Pill; after all, it was refined using the fire of the Heavenly Tribulation," Lin Bai said.

"..." Gu Yi had a head full of black lines.

Seeing that the Rootless Fire in the Bagua Furnace had a tendency to extinguish, Lin Bai turned to Qingyun: "Qingyun, send a wisp of fire down into the Alchemy Furnace. The pill hasn't been ruined yet; perhaps we really can refine something good."

After the threat of the Heavenly Fire was removed, the Golden Lightning was relatively easier to deal with. The power of the Golden Lightning was several times greater than ordinary lightning, and it also had the effect of intimidating the Spirit Soul.

But whether it was Lin Bai or Qingyun, their Spirit Souls, under the reinforcement of the Spirit Fruit, were condensed to the extreme, so the Golden Lightning's intimidation of the Spirit Soul basically had little effect.

For more than two days, Lin Bai's Spiritual Power was exhausted, so he switched to Qingyun to support, while Lin Bai seized the time to recover his Spiritual Power. With the reinforcement of the War God System, Lin Bai's recovery ability was ten times that of Qingyun.

It took Qingyun two days to barely recover less than half of her Spiritual Power, while Lin Bai recovered to full status in just over four hours.

This speed left Qingyun tongue-tied, and she became full of confidence in surviving the lightning tribulation.

Under the lightning tribulation, the speed of consumption was far less than the speed of recovery.

If Lin Bai had the same recovery speed as her, then before she could fully recover, Lin Bai's Spiritual Power would be exhausted, and she would have to take over for Lin Bai. By the time she was exhausted again, Lin Bai would only have recovered a quarter. As time went on, once the two of them couldn't keep up the relay, it would be the end for everyone.

But Lin Bai's recovery ability, which far exceeded hers by ten times, allowed the two of them to cycle back and forth several times, and both could recover to full. There was no need to worry about any gaps in Spiritual Power; it was just that Lin Bai was a bit more exhausted than her...

Qingyun stole a glance at Lin Bai, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she was with this cheap master of hers.

Being dragged into the lightning tribulation by Lin Bai was simply the luckiest thing in her life.

If she missed him, she would never have another chance to survive the lightning tribulation in this life, and could only live on in a state of slumber...

【Host a world-class cooking competition and obtain the title of Food God in the competition (Completed); Reward: Absolute Suppression (When you cook, you possess absolute control over ingredients)】

The two took turns resisting the Heavenly Tribulation, and Lin Bai even had the opportunity to spare some attention to manipulate Lin Sibai to complete the cooking competition.

The system was also decent; it did not judge the task as failed because he was distracted by doing the task.

The moment Lin Sibai obtained the "Food God" title, the reward on Lin Bai's side was issued simultaneously.

The Chef God System also launched a new task.

【The Chef God is also a god; deities are high and mighty and cannot be insulted. Use cooking skills in battle to defeat enemies of the same level and demonstrate your combat power; Reward: Cooking Sacred and Inviolable (When you are cooking, your own maximum defense value increases thirty times)】

Maximum defense value increased thirty times?

Lin Bai looked up at the Heavenly Tribulation. His defense value was shared with Qingyun; if it increased thirty times, could he withstand the Heavenly Tribulation head-on?

Even if he couldn't withstand the Heavenly Tribulation head-on, thirty times the defense while cooking would be enough to give opponents of the same level a massive headache.

Sure enough, the further the system went, the more perverted the rewards became.

It was fortunate that he didn't give up on the Chef God System at the time.

However, in the midst of the lightning tribulation, where was he supposed to find an opponent of the same level?

Was there anyone else in this world as powerful as Qingyun?

Of course.

If he put away Qingyun's card, his level would immediately drop to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and then it would be easy to find an opponent of the same level. But with the lightning tribulation overhead, he wouldn't put Qingyun away even if it killed him...

It seems this task can only be done after surviving the lightning tribulation.

Lin Bai pondered, then turned his attention back to the new Skill of absolute suppression over ingredients.

Ingredients?

What is the definition of an ingredient?

From a human perspective, fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and milk—everything that can be listed in a recipe counts as an ingredient...

From the perspective of a Demon Beast, humans can actually count as ingredients;

Everything can be put into a recipe!

Recipes of the Eight Great Cuisines flashed through Lin Bai's mind, and he mused that the definition of ingredients seemed quite broad...

Glancing at Gu Yi, who was still controlling the fire to refine pills, Lin Bai looked up again at the lightning falling incessantly from the sky and asked out of the blue: "Qingyun, Heavenly Fire can be used for pill refinement. Do you think it's possible to add lightning into a recipe?"

Qingyun was stunned.

Gu Yi shuddered violently and continued to refine pills silently. He didn't understand a single thing about the laws of Lin Bai's Way of Cooking, and he couldn't participate in such a profound topic...

"Lightning isn't a living thing, how could it be used for cooking? Besides, lightning flashes and disappears in an instant, so it can't be made into a dish!" Qingyun thought Lin Bai was just bored and teasing, so she laughed, "If you really turned lightning into a dish, no one would dare to eat it. One bite, and wouldn't it just strike the person dead..."

"That's true. Using lightning to cook is indeed a bit wishful thinking," Lin Bai shook his head and smiled. "But lightning carries high temperatures, and when it falls, it creates a powerful electric field. I think it can be applied to the cooking of ingredients. If the heat is mastered well, perhaps it can make the food more delicious."

"..." Qingyun looked at the rambling Lin Bai with suspicion, her heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Master, you aren't really planning to use lightning to cook, are you?"

"Trying it out shouldn't be a problem," Lin Bai said. The Spring Breeze Transformation Art could even help Qingyun grow, so the Chef God System's absolute control over ingredients also made his imagination run wild. If Heavenly Fire could be used for pill refinement, why couldn't lightning participate in cooking?

What if it worked?

"Master, this is not a joke," Qingyun hurriedly advised. "A single bolt of Golden Lightning almost split my original body in two. If you get hit by lightning, you'll lose half your life even if you don't die. It's best if we play it safe and steadily survive the Heavenly Tribulation..."

"Qingyun, the Heavenly Tribulation is getting more and more powerful, and the time we can hold on is getting shorter and shorter. What will we do when it exceeds our limits? We have Heavenly Fire now; what if something like Karma Fire pops up? What should we do then? We have to take risks when necessary. I feel that the Way of Cooking still has room for a breakthrough..." Lin Bai said.

"What is Karma Fire?" Qingyun asked.

"It's nothing. You take care of the junior sisters and brothers below, and watch how I use lightning to cook!" Lin Bai acted as soon as he thought of it. He took out the card sealing the Flying Dragon, released the dazed Flying Dragon, drew his kitchen knife, chopped off two of its legs in one stroke, and then put it back into the card.

Qingyun was dumbfounded.

Below.

The little white fox couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and muttered: "Master, he isn't really going to cook, is he? Who has the mood to eat food made at a time like this?"

Xu Longyun frowned.

At this moment.

Lin Bai, whose skill was high and whose courage was great, had already processed the ingredients under the incredulous gazes of the crowd. He signaled for Qingyun to leave a small hole in the protective barrier to let a bolt of lightning down.

Qingyun complied. Although she did not agree with Lin Bai's behavior, deep down she was also looking forward to some miracle happening. After all, Lin Bai was right; the Heavenly Tribulation only got stronger as it went on, and one really couldn't just rely on playing it safe...

A bolt of Golden Lightning fell.

Lin Bai focused his attention, and the moment the lightning struck, he raised the Flying Dragon leg in his hand to meet the lightning...

The Skill of absolute control over ingredients was activated.

Crack!

The lightning struck the Flying Dragon's hind leg, transformed into a part of the cooking, was instantly intercepted, and was actually unable to break through the Flying Dragon's hind leg to be transmitted to Lin Bai.

The Golden Lightning could only dance back and forth on the massive Flying Dragon's hind leg, emitting a crackling sound of electricity; under the scorching of the lightning, the Flying Dragon's leg gave off an intoxicating aroma...

The moment Lin Bai raised the Flying Dragon's leg to meet the lightning.

Dazzling Enchantment was forcibly activated.

Inside and outside the Heavenly Tribulation, everyone's gaze focused on Lin Bai in unison; fortunately, Qingyun was prepared, and although she turned her head to look at Lin Bai, the defensive barrier protecting the crowd did not move a hair, saving the group from a moment of total annihilation.

"It worked, it really is feasible." Lin Bai shouted excitedly; his absolute control over ingredients meant that external damage could not cause destruction to the ingredients he was currently cooking, not even the Heavenly Tribulation; it didn't matter if the lightning didn't hit the Flying Dragon's leg, as long as it hit the Flying Dragon's leg, it was naturally intercepted by him...

Gulp!

Qingyun's throat moved as she subconsciously swallowed her saliva; she looked at the Flying Dragon's leg flickering with Golden Lightning and felt that she had lived her life in vain: "What... what is the principle behind this?"

"As long as I hold a gluttonous feast here, theoretically, I can intercept all the lightning within the ingredients." Lin Bai's excited voice trembled, "I'm not afraid of even the most powerful lightning tribulation; Qingyun, we have survived the lightning tribulation..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

Perhaps it was Lin Bai's arrogance that angered the Heavenly Tribulation.

The small hole that Qingyun had just opened in the defensive barrier to let the lightning in for Lin Bai to cook with was suddenly torn open, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a water bucket fell straight toward the top of Lin Bai's head.

And Lin Bai, who was focused on cooking, clearly had no time to defend himself.

"No!"

The crowd's eyes were wide with horror as they exclaimed in unison.

Xu Longyun and the others turned pale, nearly fainting.

Outside the Heavenly Tribulation, the many Cultivators who had been attracted by Dazzling Enchantment and shocked that Lin Bai was actually using the Heavenly Tribulation to cook food suddenly had their surprise turn into wild joy.

Sure enough.

If one doesn't court death, one won't die.

If he had honestly transcended the tribulation, he might have lived a few more days, but he had to think about using the Heavenly Tribulation to cook, and now he's courted his own death!

Boom!

The Golden Lightning accurately struck the top of Lin Bai's head; Lin Bai loosened his grip, and the Flying Dragon's leg he was refining fell; the clothes on his body instantly vaporized, and immediately after, his skin tore, and a large mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out...

Strike while he is down!

Take his life!

The Heavenly Tribulation had severely wounded Lin Bai.

The Golden Lightning struck down toward Lin Bai with a momentum even stronger than before.

Lin Bai was struck by the lightning, and Qingyun lost her composure; the defensive barrier became much weaker, and the Golden Lightning tore through the protective barrier she had established with ease; she revealed a look of despair and also sprayed out a mouthful of blood—it was over!

But in the very next second.

The already heavily wounded Lin Bai suddenly opened his eyes, let out a fierce shout, and raised the kitchen knife in his hand to strike toward the sky.

The wind swirled and the clouds moved.

A single blade strike was unleashed.

All the falling lightning vanished.

The Blade Qi did not diminish, crashing straight into the Tribulation Cloud.

With a loud boom.

The thick Tribulation Cloud was actually split into two by the Blade Qi, revealing the azure sky above; the lightning tribulation that had been roaring for dozens of days actually stopped...

Everyone was dumbfounded.

And Lin Bai, who had unleashed this world-shocking Blade Qi, let his head loll to the side and fell straight down from the sky.

(End of this chapter)